Baghdad, Sep 27: A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday.

The fire happened in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, they said. That's just outside of the northern city of Mosul, some 335 kilometres northwest of the capital, Baghdad. EAM S Jaishankar at UNGA Says In Multipolar World, Rising India Will Be 'Vishwa Mitra’, a Power for Global Good (Watch Video).

Fire At Wedding Party in Iraq

There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze. Television footage showed charred debris inside of the wedding hall as an man shouted at firefighters. Fuel Tanker Blast in Philadelphia Video: Tanker Truck Explodes After Catching Fire on Highway, Overpass Collapses Due to Massive Explosion.

Health authorities gave the casualty figure via the state-run Iraqi News Agency. (AP)

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